The End of a Love Affair (Flexible Instrument Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Grottum, Kare - Kjaernes, Bjorn Morten

Kare Grottum is known to most as a pianist and producer by NRK. He was involved in numerous TV productions, both as producer, musician, composer, and arranger. This tune is taken from a CD released in 1992, Fra en musikers dagbok where he brings with him several Norwegian soloists of international class. It is Erling Wicklund who does a brilliant solo on Flugabone which has also used as a starting point for the written improvisation. The arrangement should be played in a slightly swinging way, but not as much as a jazz waltz. Play with the straight eighths and then let it flow, with a faint two against three feeling, which clearly shows up in some places. If you do not have bassoon and oboe, let alto sax and tenor sax make up the duet from 9. Enjoy! Solo Options: C BC Instruments; Bb TC Instruments; Eb TC Instruments. Duration: 4.15

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The Enemy God and the Dance of the Spirits (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Prokofiev, Sergei - Van der Beek, Wil

The Russian ballet director Sergei Diaghilev commissioned many composers to write music for the theatre. This was what caused Serge Prokofiev to compose the four part Scytische Suite (also known as Ala and Lolli) in 1916, from which The Enemy God and the Dance of the Spirits can be heard on this CD. This suite is one of Prokofiev's first works, and received negative criticism following its first performance on account of its being "uncivilised". Prokofiev himself wrote after this first performance "...The timpani player beat the skin of the timpani to tatters, and the whole orchestra voiced a protest. A cellist complained that he only put up with the violence, created by the blaring brass, on account of his sick wife and three children...".Duration: 3:00

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The England of Elizabeth,Three Portraits from (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Williams, Vaughan - Noble, Paul

This suite was derived from Vaughan Williams' score for the film, The England of Elizabeth, written in 1955. It was the composer's tenth of his 11 cinematic efforts and designed to serve a more descriptive role than other such scores, since the movie was a documentary featuring no action scenes, but lots of images of paintings, buildings, and the like. Composer Muir Matheson adapted this three-movement suite, probably shortly after the composer's death in 1958, though publication of the manuscript would not come until 1964. The first movement is entitled Explorer, and refers to Sir Francis Drake. Its music is mostly festive and colourful, but features interior passages of exotic flavor, similar in style to that of Vaughan Williams' then-recent Symphony No.8. The second movement is entitled Poet and, at about seven minutes, is the longest of the three in this 16 to 17 minute work. It also contains probably the score's best music, hardly a surprising result since the poet in question is Shakespeare, one of the composer's favourites and an inspirational springboard for so many other of his works. The mood is mostly subdued and Vaughan Williams presents lovely, if slightly somber music in the opening, and follows it with a hearty, folk-like dance tune. The latter part of this movement depicts Shakespeare as a noble, heroic figure in English history. The last movement, Queen, is devoted to Queen Elizabeth. It has a regal yet muscular manner at the outset, and features a gentle but somewhat disengaged middle section. It returns to the splendor and colour of the opening to close the work. This suite is important because it distills some of the best music from the film into a logically assembled structure. Program notes extracted from those of Robert Cummings.

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The Engulfed Cathedral (Concert Band - Score and Parts)

Two principal folk-like melodies have been woven together in this little suite. After a brief brass opening a rich chorale is played by woodwinds followed by the development section using sharp accented rhythms. The themes and their variations are added individually as they build for an exciting full band climax.

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The Engulfed Cathedral (from Preludes, Book 1) (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Debussy, Claude - Longfield, Robert

One of Debussy's most popular works. The Engulfed Cathedral has been transcribed in many different forms, and is available for the modern concert band/wind ensemble. Written in a short span of two months, the Preludes reveal the evolving impressionist style of the composer during the mid-point of his composing career.

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The Entertainer (Concert Band - Score and Parts)

A great concert march from the composer of "Pride & Glory March", "Field of Victory March" and countless other young band favorites. Written in the traditional march style, "March Atlantis" provides the director with a terrific vehicle for teaching the concert march style while providing the band with an outstanding program piece or festival warmup march. Highly Recommended!

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The Entertainer (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Joplin, Scott - Briggs Watson, Bryan

This popular piano rag, written by Scott Joplin and used in the film The Sting, has been arranged for Concert Band. March Card size parts

The Entertainer (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Joplin, Scott - Clark, Andy

Scott Joplin's timeless is transformed into a superb concert number that also provides a resourceful director with an outstanding aid to teaching the counting of 16th note rhythms and ragtime style.

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The Entrance of the Knights (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Houben, Kevin

This festive piece of music was composed for the occasion of a long lasting friendship between a Belgian and a German wind band after having encountered for the first time in 1976, creating a strong bond. At the annual meeting, a delegation of officials is traditionally awaiting their guest to arrive: The Entrance of the Knights!Duration: 3:15

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The Escape of the Shadow Men (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Kopetz, Barry E.

The Escape of the Shadow Men musically creates a scene from the composer's novel In the Land of the Lochrians. This exciting and dramatic work represents many thrilling moments in a race to confrontation.Duration: 2.45

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